Location:
Eastern Mediterranean, peninsula on the southwest coast of Cyprus
Geographic coordinates:
34 37 N, 32 58 E
Map references:
Europe
Area:
Area - comparative: Land boundaries:
Coastline: Climate: Environment - current issues: Geography - note:
total:
123 sq km
country comparison to the world: 224
note:
includes a salt lake and wetlands
about 0.7 times the size of Washington, DC
total:
48 km
border countries:
Cyprus 48 km
[see also: Land boundaries country ranks ]
56.3 km
[see also: Coastline country ranks ]
temperate; Mediterranean with hot, dry summers and cool winters
hunting around the salt lake; note - breeding place for loggerhead and green turtles; only remaining colony of griffon vultures is on the base
British extraterritorial rights also extended to several small off-post sites scattered across Cyprus; of the Sovereign Base Area (SBA) land, 60% is privately owned and farmed, 20% is owned by the Ministry of Defense, and 20% is SBA Crown land